I think it was made up of wood because at that time there was not glass readily availaible
Isaac Newton's triangular prism was likely made of glass, a common material for prisms during his time due to its transparency and ability to refract light.
he used a prism?
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton is the scientist who used a prism to study light. He discovered that white light is composed of a spectrum of colors when passed through a prism, leading to his development of the theory of color.
Isaac newton
He 'employed' the Prism.
discoveries made by newton
The discovery that light is made up of seven colors was credited to Sir Isaac Newton. He demonstrated this by passing sunlight through a prism and observing the separation of the light into its component colors, creating a rainbow spectrum.
Isaac Newton had a rival named Halley. They both fought about who made calculus first. (Isaac Newton won the fight)
Sir Isaac Newton discovered that white light was made of seven different colors in the 17th century. He was able to prove that when some of the white light from the sun passes through a prism shaped piece of glass, the light scatters into a spectrum, which is a spectrum of what we know as the rainbow.
Sir Isaac Newton used a prism to show that white light is made up of different colors of light through a process called dispersion. He demonstrated that when white light passes through a prism, it separates into a spectrum of colors known as the visible light spectrum.
Optics is a branch of physics that deals with light. Isaac Newton learned that light was made of many colors and could be broken into colors with a prism.